Law Enforcement II Certificate Program

Certificate Code: AAU-CJ10

Students interested in working as police officers or managers will explore advanced coursework with this program. Topics include criminal law, ethics in criminal justice, kinesic interviewing, police patrol and police management.

Required Law Enforcement II Certificate Courses

CRJ145: Introduction to Emergency Management (Undistributed Elective)

3 Semester Credits

This course provides a comprehensive examination of the background components and systems involved in the management of disasters and other emergencies. It details current practices, strategies, and the key players involved in emergency management in the U.S. and around the world. It covers local and state issues, particularly as they relate to FEMA and other federal agencies, and examines how public administrators are locally tasked with protecting their communities. This course also explores FEMA's continually changing role within the Department of Homeland Security and the impact and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Lessons include proper planning, mitigation, in-crisis decisions, evacuation, recovery, and how managers can avoid devastating breakdowns in communication and leadership during a terrorist event or natural disaster.

CRJ302: Effective Professional Communication (From B.S. Criminal Justice Degree Program)

3 Semester Credits
Prerequisites: None

This course provides an understanding of research and communications in a professional environment. It familiarizes students with the techniques, strategies and forms of writing used in the professional world. This course will increase students’ knowledge of organizational writing and communications including case analysis, data interpretation, problem solving and report writing.

CRJ305: Ethics in Criminal Justice (From B.S. Criminal Justice Degree)

3 Semester Credits
Prerequisite: None

This course explores ethical standards and codes in criminal justice professions. The scope of the course covers the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics, American Bar Association's Standards of Professional Responsibility, the American Jail Association Code of Ethics and the American Correctional Association Code of Ethics. It also explores roles of professional organizations and agencies, ethics and community relations and civil liability in law enforcement and correctional environments. The students will study cases presented to illustrate ethical issues and derive solutions to ethical dilemmas using critical thinking.

CRJ330: Police Management (Undistributed Elective)

3 Semester Credits
Prerequisite: CRJ325

This course is designed to be an introduction to a wide variety of issues that confront today's modern police manager. The complex nature of policing in modern society mandate a thorough understanding of such issues as organizational culture, leadership styles, transactional analysis, problem identification and decision making, management by objectives, productivity, fiscal management, civil liability, accreditation and ethics, to name but a few.

CRJ335: Kinesic Interviewing (From B.S. Criminal Justice Degree)

3 Semester Credits
Prerequisite: CRJ200

Of all the topics taught in law enforcement academies and criminal justice training centers throughout the United States, one of the most critical topics is the principles of interview and interrogation. This course equips the criminal justice student with a complete and practical set of procedures and techniques needed for interviewing and interrogation. It is vital to any case that investigators obtain essential information from victims, witnesses and informants, and that confession's from suspects stand up to court scrutiny.

CRJ495: Police Patrol (Undistributed Elective)

3 Semester Credits
Prerequisite: CRJ120

This course emphasizes a practical application of theory with the how-to of real world policing. It details the core functions of a police agency-covering patrol operations, goals and strategies. It combines management theory with case study examples taken from small and medium sized police departments. The course includes coverage of patrol techniques, preparing for patrol and the role of the uniformed patrol officer in the criminal investigation process.

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